CS1312 - Object Oriented Programming Lecture Notes

LECTURE NOTES
ON
CS1312 – OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
MR.M.R.SUNDARA KUMAR,
LECTURER,
DEPT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
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ANNA UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
Regulations 2008
Curriculum
SEMESTER V
S. No. Subject Subject L T P C
Code
Theory
1 MG1301 Total Quality Management 3 0 0 3
2 EE1301 Electrical Machines II 3 1 0 4
3 EE1302 Transmission and Distribution
Engineering 3 1 0 4
4 EC1307 Digital Signal Processing 3 1 0 4
5 EC1308 Principles of Communication
Engineering 3 0 0 3
6 CS1312 Object Oriented Programming 3 0 0 3
Practical
7 EE1303 Electrical Machines II
Laboratory 0 0 3 2
8 EC1309 Digital Signal Processing
Laboratory 0 0 3 2
9 CS1313 Object Oriented Programming
Laboratory 0 0 3 2
Total 27

CS1312 – OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
UNIT I FUNDAMENTALS
Object oriented programming concepts – Encapsulation – Programming elements – Program
structure – Enumeration types – Functions and pointers – Function invocation – Overloading
functions – Scope and storage class – Pointer types – Arrays and pointers – Call-by-reference –
Assertions – Standard template library.
UNIT II IMPLEMENTING ADTS AND ENCAPSULATION 9
Aggregate type structure – Structure pointer operators – Unions – Bit fields – Data handling and
member functions – Classes – Constructors and destructors – Static member – This pointer –
Reference semantics – Implementation of simple ADTs.
UNIT III POLYMORPHISM 9
ADT conversions – Overloading – Overloading operators – Unary operator overloading – Binary
operator overloading – Function selection – Pointer operators.
UNIT IV INHERITANCE 9
Derived class – Typing conversions and visibility – Code reuse – Virtual functions – Run-time
type identifications – Exception – Handlers – Standard exceptions.
UNIT V TEMPLATES AND FILE HANDLING 9
Template class – Function templates – Class templates – C++ streams – Console streams –
Console stream classes – Formatted and unformatted console I/O operations – Manipulators – File
streams – Classes file modes – File pointers and manipulations – File I/O – Exception handling.
Total: 45
TEXT BOOKS
1.
2.
Ira Pohl, ―Object-Oriented Programming Using C++‖, Pearson Education, 2nd Edition,
2003.
Venugopal, K.R., Buyya, R. and Ravishankar, T., ―Mastering C++‖, Tata McGraw Hill,
2003.
REFERENCES
1.
2.
3.
Ashok, B. and Kamthane, N., ―Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI and Turbo C++‖,
Pearson Education, 2006.
Stroustrup, ―The C++ Programming Language‖, Addison Wesley, 2000.
Hubbard, J.R., ―Programming with C++‖, Schaums Outline Series, Tata McGraw Hill,
2003.

UNIT I
FUNDAMENTALS
Object oriented programming concepts – Encapsulation – Programming elements –
Program structure – Enumeration types – Functions and pointers – Function invocation –
Overloading functions – Scope and storage class – Pointer types – Arrays and pointers – Call-
by-reference – Assertions – Standard template library.
1.Object–Oriented Programming Concepts:
The important concept of OOPs are:
Objects
Classes
Inheritance
Data Abstraction
Data Encapsulation
Polymorphism
Overloading
Reusability
Objects:
Object is the basic unit of object-oriented programming. Objects are identified by its unique
name. An object represents a particular instance of a class. There can be more than one
instance of an object. Each instance of an object can hold its own relevant data.
An Object is a collection of data members and associated member functions also known as
methods.
Classes:
Classes are data types based on which objects are created. Objects with similar properties and
methods are grouped together to form a Class. Thus a Class represent a set of individual
objects. Characteristics of an object are represented in a class as Properties. The actions that
can be performed by objects becomes functions of the class and is referred to as Methods.

For example consider we have a Class of Cars under which Santro Xing, Alto and WaganR
represents individual Objects. In this context each Car Object will have its own, Model, Year
of Manufacture, Colour, Top Speed, Engine Power etc., which form Properties of the Car
class and the associated actions i.e., object functions like Start, Move, Stop form the
Methods of Car Class.
No memory is allocated when a class is created. Memory is allocated only when an object is
created, i.e., when an instance of a class is created.
Inheritance:
Inheritance is the process of forming a new class from an existing class or base class. The
base class is also known as parent class or super class, The new class that is formed is called
derived class. Derived class is also known as a child class or sub class. Inheritance helps in
reducing the overall code size of the program, which is an important concept in object-
oriented programming.
Data Abstraction:
Data Abstraction increases the power of programming language by creating user defined data
types. Data Abstraction also represents the needed information in the program without
presenting the details.
Data Encapsulation:
Data Encapsulation combines data and functions into a single unit called Class. When using
Data Encapsulation, data is not accessed directly; it is only accessible through the functions
present inside the class. Data Encapsulation enables the important concept of data hiding
possible.
Polymorphism:
Polymorphism allows routines to use variables of different types at different times. An
operator or function can be given different meanings or functions. Polymorphism refers to a
single function or multi-functioning operator performing in different ways.
Overloading:
Overloading is one type of Polymorphism. It allows an object to have different
meanings, depending on its context. When an exiting operator or function begins to
operate on new data type, or class, it is understood to be overloaded.
Reusability:
This term refers to the ability for multiple programmers to use the same written and debugged
existing class of data. This is a time saving device and adds code efficiency to the language.
Additionally, the programmer can incorporate new features to the existing class, further
developing the application and allowing users to achieve increased performance. This time
saving feature optimizes code, helps in gaining secured applications and facilitates easier
maintenance on the application.
#include <iostream>
class employee // Class Declaration
{
private:
char empname[50];
int empno;
public:
void getvalue()
{
cout<<"INPUT Employee Name:";
cin>>empname;
cout<<"INPUT Employee Number:";
cin>>empno;

}
void displayvalue()
{
cout<<"Employee Name:"<<empname<<endl;
cout<<"Employee Number:"<<empno<<endl;
}
};
main()
{
employee e1; // Creation of Object
e1.getvalue();
e1.displayvalue();
}
2.Programming Concepts:
Encapsulation
It is a mechanism that associates the code and the data it manipulates into a single unit to and
keeps them safe from external interference and misuse. In C++ this is supported by construct
called class. An instance of an object is known as object which represents a real world entity.
Data Abstraction
A data abstraction is a simplified view of an object that includes only features one is
interested in while hides away the unnecessary details. In programming languages, a data
abstraction becomes an abstract data type or a user-defined type. In OOP, it is implemented
as a class.
Inheritance:
Inheritance is a means of specifying hierarchical relationships between types C++ classes can
inherit both data and function members from other (parent) classes. Terminology: "the child
(or derived) class inherits (or is derived from) the parent (or base) class".
Polymorphism:
Polymorphism is in short the ability to call different functions by just using one type of
function call. It is a lot useful since it can group classes and their functions together.
Polymorphism means that the same thing can exist in two forms. This is an important
characteristic of true object oriented design - which means that one could develop good OO
design with data abstraction and inheritance, but the real power of object oriented design
seems to surface when polymorphism is used.
Multiple Inheritance
The mechanism by which a class is derived from more than one base class is known as
multiple inheritance. Instances of classes with multiple inheritance have instance variables for
each of the inherited base classes.
Basic c++:
 A class definition begins with the keyword class.

 The body of the class is contained within a set of braces, { } ; (notice the semi-colon).
class class_name
{
….
….
….
};
 Within the body, the keywords private: and public: specify the access level of the
members of the class.
– the default is private.
 Usually, the data members of a class are declared in the private: section of the class
and the member functions are in public: section.
class class_name
{
private:
…
…
…
public:
…
…
…
};
Example:
 This class example shows how we can encapsulate (gather) a circle information into
one package (unit or class)

class Circle
{
private:
double radius;
public:
void setRadius(double r);
double getDiameter();
double getArea();
double getCircumference();
};

Member access specifiers:
Access specifiers are used to identify access rights for the data and member functions of the
class. There are three main types of access specifiers in C++ programming language:
private
public
protected
A private member within a class denotes that only members of the same class have
accessibility. The private member is inaccessible from outside the class.
Public members are accessible from outside the class. .
A protected access specifier is a stage between private and public access. If member
functions defined in a class are protected, they cannot be accessed from outside the class but
can be accessed from the derived class.
Data Members :
Data members include members that are declared with any of the fundamental types, as well
as other types, including pointer, reference, array types, bit fields, and user-defined types.
You can declare a data member the same way as a variable, except that explicit initializers
are not allowed inside the class definition. However, a const static data member of integral or
enumeration type may have an explicit initializer.
A class X cannot have a member that is of type X, but it can contain pointers to X, references
to X, and static objects of X. Member functions of X can take arguments of type X and have
a return type of X. For example:
class X
{
X();
X *xptr;
X &xref;
static X xcount;
X xfunc(X);
};
Static members:
Class members can be declared using the storage class specifier static in the class member
list. Only one copy of the static member is shared by all objects of a class in a program.
When you declare an object of a class having a static member, the static member is not part
of the class object.
You access a static member by qualifying the class name using the :: (scope resolution)
operator. In the following example, you can refer to the static member f() of class type X as
X::f() even if no object of type X is ever declared:
struct X {
static int f();
};
int main() {
X::f();
}

Function:
Functions are building blocks of the programs. They make the programs more modular and
easy to read and manage. All C++ programs must contain the function main( ). The execution
of the program starts from the function main( ). A C++ program can contain any number of
functions according to the needs. The general form of the function is: -
return_type function_name(parameter list)
{
body of the function
}
The function of consists of two parts function header and function body. The function header
is:-
return_type function_name(parameter list)
The return_type specifies the type of the data the function returns. The return_type can be
void which means function does not return any data type. The function_name is the name of
the function. The name of the function should begin with the alphabet or underscore. The
parameter list consists of variables separated with comma along with their data types. The
parameter list could be empty which means the function do not contain any parameters. The
parameter list should contain both data type and name of the variable. For example,
int factorial(int n, float j)
is the function header of the function factorial. The return type is of integer which means
function should return data of type integer. The parameter list contains two variables n and j
of type integer and float respectively. The body of the function performs the computations.
Member functions are operators and functions that are declared as members of a class.
Member functions do not include operators and functions declared with the friend specifier.
These are called friends of a class. You can declare a member function as static; this is called
a static member function. A member function that is not declared as static is called a
nonstatic member function.
The definition of a member function is within the scope of its enclosing class. The body of a
member function is analyzed after the class declaration so that members of that class can be
used in the member function body, even if the member function definition appears before the
declaration of that member in the class member list. When the function add() is called in the
following example, the data variables a, b, and c can be used in the body of add().
class x
{
public:
int add() // inline member function add
{return a+b+c;};
private:
int a,b,c;
};
Special type of member function:
 Constructor:
– Public function member
– called when a new object is created (instantiated).
– Initialize data members.
– Same name as class
– No return type
– Several constructors
 Function overloading

class Circle
{
private:
double radius;
public:
Circle();
Circle(int r);
void setRadius(double r);
double getDiameter();
double getArea();
double getCircumference();
};
Default arguments:
#include<iostream>
#include<iomanip>
using namespace std;
long int sum(int n,int diff=1,int first_term=1 )
{
long sum=0;;
for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
{
cout<<setw(5)<<first_term+ diff*i;
sum+=first_term+diff*i;
}
return sum;
}
int main()
{
cout<<endl<<"Sum="<<setw(7)< <sum(10)<<endl;
//first term=1; diff=1,n=10
//sums the series 1,2,3,4,5………10
cout<<endl<<"Sum="<<setw(7)< <sum(6,3,2)<<endl;
//sums the series 2,5,8,11,14,17
cout<<endl<<"Sum="<<setw(7)< <sum(10,2)<<endl;
//sums the series 1,3,5………..19
return 1;
}
all the parameters with default values should lie to the right in the signature list i.e. the
default arguments should be the trailing arguments—those at the end of the list.
when a function with default arguments is called, the first argument in the call statement is

assigned to the first argument in the definition, the 2nd to 2nd and so on.
This becomes more clear from the last call to sum() in the above example where value 10 is
assigned to n and 2 is assigned to diff and not first_term.
the default argument values appear in the prototype as well as definition.
You still may omit variable names in the prototypes.
The syntax then being
int xyz(int =2,char=5);
Function Overloading:
*C++ supports writing more than one function with the same name but different argument
lists. This could include:
– different data types
– different number of arguments
*The advantage is that the same apparent function can be called to perform similar but
different tasks. The following will show an example of this.
void swap (int *a, int *b) ;
void swap (float *c, float *d) ;
void swap (char *p, char *q) ;
int main ( )
{
int a = 4, b = 6 ;
float c = 16.7, d = -7.89 ;
char p = 'M' , q = 'n' ;
swap (&a, &b) ;
swap (&c, &d) ;
swap (&p, &q) ;
}
void swap (int *a, int *b)
{
int temp; temp = *a; *a = *b; *b = temp; }
void swap (float *c, float *d)
{
float temp; temp = *c; *c = *d; *d = temp;
}
void swap (char *p, char *q)
{
char temp; temp = *p; *p = *q; *q = temp;
}

Friend Function:
*A friend function of a class is defined outside the class‘s scope (I.e. not member functions),
yet has the right to access the non-public members of the class.
*Single functions or entire classes may be declared as friends of a class.
*These are commonly used in operator overloading. Perhaps the most common use of friend
functions is overloading << and >> for I/O.
*Basically, when you declare something as a friend, you give it access to your private data
members.
*This is useful for a lot of things – for very interrelated classes, it more efficient (faster) than
using tons of get/set member function calls, and they increase encapsulation by allowing
more freedom is design options.
*A class doesn't control the scope of friend functions so friend function declarations are
usually written at the beginning of a .h file. Public and private don't apply to them.
Example pgm//
class someClass
{
friend void setX( someClass&, int);
int someNumber;
… rest of class definition
}
// a function called setX defined in a program
void setX( someClass &c, int val) {
c.someNumber = val; }
// inside a main function
someClass myClass;
setX (myClass, 5); //this will work, since we declared // setX as a friend
Const Functions :
If you declare a class method const, you are promising that the method won't change the
value of any of the members of the class. To declare a class method constant, put the
keyword const after the parentheses but before the semicolon. The declaration of the constant
member functionSomeFunction() takes no arguments and returns void. It looks like this:
void SomeFunction() const;
Access or functions are often declared as constant functions by using the const modifier
Declare member functions to be const whenever they should not change the object
Volatile Functions:
The volatile keyword is a type qualifier used to declare that an object can be modified in the
program by something such as the operating system, the hardware, or a concurrently
executing thread. If your objects are used in a multithreaded environment or they can be
accessed asynchronously (say by a signal handler), they should be declared volatile. A
volatile object can call only volatile member functions safely. If the program calls a member
function that isn't volatile, its behavior is undefined. Most compilers issue a warning if a non-
volatile member function is called by a volatile object:
struct S
{int f1();
int f2() volatile;
}

Static Members:
Object Oriented Programming in C++. A class member is either a property or a method. A
static member of a class is a member whose value is the same for every object instantiated.
This means that if one object changes the value of the static member, this change will be
reflected in another object instantiated from the class. The change (or the resulting value) will
be the same in all the instantiated objects. You can also access a static member using the class
name without instantiation. In this part of the series, we look at static members in C++
classes. You can have a static member along side other members in your class.
Static Property
A static property is also called a static data member.
Declaring a Static Property
You declare a static property just as you declare any other attribute, but you precede the
declaration expression with the keyword, static and a space. The syntax is:
static Type Ident;
Despite this simple feature, you have to learn how to use the static member. You do not use it
in the straightforward way.
Example
The following class illustrates the use of a static property member:
#include <iostream>
class MyClass
{
public:
static int sameAll;
};
int MyClass::sameAll = 5;
int main()
{
MyClass myObj;
myObj.sameAll = 6;
cout << MyClass::sameAll;
return 0;
}
In the code, you have a class called MyClass. This class has just one member, which is the
static data member. You initialize the static member outside the class description as shown
above. You begin with the return type of the static property. This is followed by a space and
then the name of the class. After that you have the scope operator, then the identifier of the
static property. Then you have the assignment operator and the value.
You instantiate an object form the class that has the static member in the normal way. Line 1
in the main function illustrates this. You access the static property of an instantiated object in
the normal way. The second line in the main function illustrates this. However, changing the
value as this line has done means changing the value for the class (description) and any
instantiated object and any object that is still to be instantiated.
The third line in the main function displays the static property value. It uses the class name; it
did not use the object name. To use the class name to access the static attribute, you begin
with the class name. This is followed by the scope operator and then the identifier of the
static property. This shows how you can access a static attribute with the class name directly
and without using an object; this is like accessing the property in the class description. The
static member is a kind of global object.

Objects:
In object-oriented programming language C++, the data and functions (procedures to
manipulate the data) are bundled together as a self-contained unit called an object. A class is
an extended concept similar to that of structure in C programming language, this class
describes the data properties alone. In C++ programming language, class describes both the
properties (data) and behaviors (functions) of objects. Classes are not objects, but they are
used to instantiate objects.
Creation of Objects:
Once the class is created, one or more objects can be created from the class as objects are
instance of the class.
Juts as we declare a variable of data type int as:
int x;
Objects are also declared as:
class name followed by object name;
exforsys e1;
This declares e1 to be an object of class exforsys.
For example a complete class and object declaration is given below:
class exforsys
{
private:
int x,y;
public:
void sum()
{
………
………
}
};
main()
{
exforsys e1;
……………
……………
}
The object can also be declared immediately after the class definition. In other words the
object name can also be placed immediately before the closing flower brace symbol } of the
class declaration.
Pointers and Objects:

#include <iostream>
class myclass {
int i;
public:
myclass(int j) {
i = j;
}
int getInt() {
return i;
}
};
int main()
{
myclass ob(88), *objectPointer;
objectPointer = &ob; // get address of ob
cout << objectPointer->getInt(); // use -> to call getInt()
return 0;
}
Constant objects:
We've already seen const references demonstrated, and they're pretty natural: when you
declare a const reference, you're only making the data referred to const. References, by their
very nature, cannot change what they refer to. Pointers, on the other hand, have two ways that
you can use them: you can change the data pointed to, or change the pointer itself.
Consequently, there are two ways of declaring a const pointer: one that prevents you from
changing what is pointed to, and one that prevents you from changing the data pointed to.
The syntax for declaring a pointer to constant data is natural enough:
const int *p_int;
You can think of this as reading that *p_int is a "const int". So the pointer may be
changeable, but you definitely can't touch what p_int points to. The key here is that the const
appears before the *.
On the other hand, if you just want the address stored in the pointer itself to be const, then
you have to put const after the *:
int x;
int * const p_int = &x;
Personally, I find this syntax kind of ugly; but there's not any other obviously better way to
do it. The way to think about it is that "* const p_int" is a regular integer, and that the value
stored in p_int itself cannot change--so you just can't change the address pointed to. Notice,
by the way, that this pointer had to be initialized when it was declared: since the pointer itself
is const, we can't change what it points to later on! Them's the rules.
Generally, the first type of pointer, where the data is immutable, is what I'll refer to as a
"const pointer" (in part because it's the kind that comes up more often, so we should have a
natural way of describing it).
Nested Classes:
§ A class can be declared within the scope of another class. Such a class is called a
"nested class." Nested classes are considered to be within the scope of the enclosing class and
are available for use within that scope. To refer to a nested class from a scope other than its
immediate enclosing scope, you must use a fully qualified name value class Outside { value
class Inside { }; }; In the same way, you can nest as many classes as you wish in another
class and you can nest as many classes inside of other nested classes if you judge it necessary.

Just as you would manage any other class so can you exercise control on a nested class. For
example, you can declare all necessary variables or methods in the nested class or in the
nesting class. When you create one class inside of another, there is no special programmatic
relationship between both classes: just because a class is nested doesn't mean that the nested
class has immediate access to the members of the nesting class. They are two different classes
and they can be used separately.
§ The name of a nested class is not "visible" outside of the nesting class. To access a
nested class outside of the nesting class, you must qualify the name of the nested class
anywhere you want to use it. This is done using the :: operator. For example, if you want to
declare an Inside variable somewhere in the program but outside of Outside, you must qualify
its name. Here is an example:
Local classes:
A local class is declared within a function definition. Declarations in a local class can only
use type names, enumerations, static variables from the enclosing scope, as well as external
variables and functions.
For example:
int x; // global variable
void f() // function definition
{
static int y; // static variable y can be used by
// local class
int x; // auto variable x cannot be used by
// local class
extern int g(); // extern function g can be used by
// local class
class local // local class
{
int g() { return x; } // error, local variable x
// cannot be used by g
int h() { return y; } // valid,static variable y
int k() { return ::x; } // valid, global x
int l() { return g(); } // valid, extern function g
};
}
int main()
{
local* z; // error: the class local is not visible
// ...}
Member functions of a local class have to be defined within their class definition, if they are
defined at all. As a result, member functions of a local class are inline functions. Like all
member functions, those defined within the scope of a local class do not need the keyword
inline.
A local class cannot have static data members. In the following example, an attempt to define
a static member of a local class causes an error:
void f()
{
class local
{

int f(); // error, local class has noninline
// member function
int g() {return 0;} // valid, inline member function
static int a; // error, static is not allowed for
// local class
int b; // valid, nonstatic variable
};
}
//

UNIT II
IMPLEMENTING ADTS AND ENCAPSULATION
Aggregate type structure – Structure pointer operators – Unions – Bit fields – Data handling
and member functions – Classes – Constructors and destructors – Static member – This
pointer – Reference semantics – Implementation of simple ADTs.
A Real Programming Example
we want to program a card deck for a simple blackjack game we are programming.
Remember containership and inheritance? Let's think about the types of parts that make up a
deck -- and those are the cards. Since all of the cards are very similar in structure, we could
use a struct to represent a single card:
enum Suit = {Clubs, Spades, Diamonds, Hearts};
struct Card {
Suit suit;
char digit;
};
A note on the digit. If digit <= 10, then it is a number, else it is the letter of the card (J, Q, K,
A). You could also use it as a number 1(ace) through 13(king) as well, perhaps if you were
using the card value in additions or such.
A simple object, the card deck only has one type of item. Now let's think about the types of
actions you can perform on the deck, and then make a class declaration out of this list, as well
as using the previously declared data.
class Deck {
public:
void CreateDeck();//Fills array with legal cards
void Shuffle(); //Shuffles those cards
Card DrawCard(); //Gets a card from the deck
private:
Card cards[52];
};
Now we have considered all of the things we may need to use a card deck. The programmer
first sets up the deck with CreateDeck(), then whenever needed can Shuffle() the deck, and
when the dealer deals a card, it can be picked up using DrawCard(), and then perhaps placed
in the players hand (which could also could be a class too) or whatever the programmer needs
to do with it.
Constructors and Destructors
In object-oriented programming, a constructor (sometimes shortened to ctor) in a class is a
special type of subroutine called at the creation of an object. It prepares the new object for
use, often accepting parameters which the constructor uses to set any member variables
required when the object is first created.
What is the use of Constructor
The main use of constructors is to initialize objects. The function of initialization is
automatically carried out by the use of a special member function called a constructor.

General Syntax of Constructor
Constructor is a special member function that takes the same name as the class name. The
syntax generally is as given below:
<class name> { arguments};
The default constructor for a class X has the form
X::X()
In the above example the arguments is optional.
The constructor is automatically named when an object is created. A constructor is named
whenever an object is defined or dynamically allocated using the "new" operator.
I'm not going to write all of the code for this class. Instead I'll leave it open as an exercise to
practice on working with classes. But let's focus on the CreateDeck() function for now. You
may have already noticed that variables aren't being properly pre-initalized. In C this was
easy since all variables were public, and you could simply zero them out, but in classes, some
of the members are private. Now what? The programmer could call the CreateDeck()
function, but even so, if the programmer forgets to do this the rest of the functions could
crash the program. C++'s solution to this is called the constructor. A constructor is the
function which allocates memory for the object as well as initalizing it. Every variable in
C++ has a constructor, even the basic types, but the compiler takes care of these issues for
you. However with classes, even though the compiler can allocate memory for you, it will not
initalize them, so the remain undefined, as with any other variable. Also, when the variable
goes out of scope, the memory needs to be deleted, requireing the constructors counterpart,
the destructor.
A constructor is declared by creating a function by the same name as the class. The destructor
has the same name, except with a ~ (the tlide key, next to the 1) in front of it. Below is the
modified Deck class which takes advantage of C++ constructors and destructors. The array
change to a pointer is to allow for dynamic memory allocation using the new command, to
show a very common use of the constructor and destructor:
class Deck {
public:
Deck(); //Constructor
~Deck(); //Destructor
void CreateDeck();//Fills array with legal cards
void Shuffle(); //Shuffles those cards
Card DrawCard(); //Gets a card from the deck
private:
Card* cards;
};
Notice that obviously the constructor does not return anything, since it is an "invisible
function" which is automatically called when you make the statement Deck MyCardDeck;.
The same is true for the destructor, which is called when the variable goes out of scope.
Below is an example of how to define and code a constructor, where the array is allocated
and the data is initalized, and the destructor compliment, which cleans up what the
constructor did:
Deck::Deck() {
cards = new Card[52];//Allocate memory
CreateDeck(); //Set up the deck
}

Deck::~Deck() {
delete[] cards; //Deallocate memory
}
Some of the differences between constructors and other Java methods:
Constructors never have an explicit return type.
Constructors cannot be directly invoked (the keyword ―new‖ must be used).
Constructors cannot be synchronized, final, abstract, native, or static.
Constructors are always executed by the same thread.
Some important points about constructors:
A constructor takes the same name as the class name.
The programmer cannot declare a constructor as virtual or static, nor can the
programmer declare a constructor as const, volatile, or const volatile.
No return type is specified for a constructor.
The constructor must be defined in the public. The constructor must be a public
member.
Overloading of constructors is possible. This will be explained in later sections of this
tutorial.
How do you differentiate between a constructor and normal function?
Latest Answer : A constructor is a member function of a class that is used to create objects of
that class. It has the same name as the class itself, has no return type, and is invoked using the
new operator. An ordinary member function has its own name, a return type ...
Default Constructor
Default Constructor
The deafual constructor is a constructor. It may be contains arguemnets (default
arquemnets) or It may not be contains arquemnet
Example
class A
{
public:
A(){/*body*/} //Deafult constructor without arquemnet
or
A(int a 0 int b 0){/*body*/} //Default constructor with default arquement
};
if you did not write any constructor within class A. The implicit constructor or inline
constructor A::A() /*[without no body] */ will be called when you create object for
class A
Note: you can't use both constructor in same class. Confilict occur when you create
object of class A that whether to call first one or second one (ambiguity)

This constructor has no arguments in it. Default Constructor is also called as no argument
constructor.
For
example:
In C++, default constructors are significant because they are automatically invoked in certain
circumstances:
When an object value is declared with no argument list, e.g. MyClass x;; or allocated
dynamically with no argument list, e.g. new MyClass; the default constructor is used to
initialize the object
When an array of objects is declared, e.g. MyClass x[10];; or allocated dynamically, e.g.
new MyClass [10]; the default constructor is used to initialize all the elements
When a derived class constructor does not explicitly call the base class constructor in
its initializer list, the default constructor for the base class is called
When a class constructor does not explicitly call the constructor of one of its object-
valued fields in its initializer list, the default constructor for the field's class is called
In the standard library, certain containers "fill in" values using the default constructor
when the value is not given explicitly, e.g. vector<MyClass>(10); initializes the vector with 10
elements, which are filled with the default-constructed value of our type.
In the above circumstances, it is an error if the class does not have a default constructor.
The compiler will implicitly define a default constructor if no constructors are explicitly
defined for a class. This implicitly-declared default constructor is equivalent to a default
constructor defined with a blank body.
(Note: if some constructors are defined, but they are all non-default, the compiler will not
implicitly define a default constructor. This means that a default constructor may not exist for
a class.).
Parameterized Constructor – Class Interface
class Exforsys
{
private:
int a,b;
public:
Exforsys();
...
};
Exforsys :: Exforsys()
{
a=0;
b=0;
}

These are access specifiers for class data members and member methods.
1. Public: The data members and methods having public as access specifier can be
accessed by the class objects created outside the class.
2. Protected: The data members and methods declared as protected will be accessible to
the class methods and the derived class methods only.
3. Private: These data members and methods will be accessible from the class methods
only not from derived classes and not from objects created outside the class.
4. Internal: Some languages define internal as an access specifier which means the data
member or method is available to all the classes inside that particular assembly.
5. Friend: A friend class or method can access all data of a class including private and
protected data.
// A parameterized constructor.
using System;
class MyClass {
public int x;
public MyClass(int i) {
x = i;
}
}
public class ParmConsDemo {
public static void Main() {
MyClass t1 = new MyClass(10);
MyClass t2 = new MyClass(88);
Console.WriteLine(t1.x + " " + t2.x);
}
}
Constructor with Dynamic Allocation
Dynamic memory allocation (also known as heap-based memory allocation) is the allocation
of memory storage for use in a computer program during the runtime of that program.
A process of obtaining access to additional memory during program execution.
void YourClass::deleteAll()
{
delete ptr1; ptr1 = 0;
}

YourClass::YourClass():
ptr1(0), ptr2(0), ptr3(0)
{
try
{
ptr1 = new whatever;
}
catch(...)
{
deleteAll();
}
}
YourClass::~YourClass()
{
deleteAll();
}
What is static memory allocation and dynamic memory allocation?
Static Memory Allocation: Memory is allocated for the declared variable by the compiler.
The address can be obtained by using ‗address of‘ operator and can be assigned to a pointer.
The memory is allocated during compile time. Since most of the declared variables have
static memory, this kind of assigning the address of a variable to a pointer is known as static
memory allocation.
Dynamic Memory Allocation: Allocation of memory at the time of execution (run time) is
known as dynamic memory allocation. The functions calloc() and malloc() support allocating
of dynamic memory. Dynamic allocation of memory space is done by using these functions
when value is returned by functions and assigned to pointer variables.
Copy Constructor
This constructor takes one argument. Also called one argument constructor. The main
use of copy constructor is to initialize the objects while in creation, also used to copy an
object. The copy constructor allows the programmer to create a new object from an existing
one by initialization.
For example to invoke a copy constructor the programmer writes:
Exforsys e3(e2);
or
Exforsys e3=e2;
Copy constructor is
1. a constructor function with the same name as the class
2. used to make deep copy of objects.
There are 3 important places where a copy constructor is called.
1. When an object is created from another object of the same type

2. When an object is passed by value as a parameter to a function
3. When an object is returned from a function.
If a copy constructor is not defined in a class the compiler itself defines one. This will
ensure a shallow copy. If the class does not have pointer variables with dynamically
allocated memory then one need not worry about defining a copy constructor. It can
be left to the compiler's discretion.
For Example:
#include <iostream.h>
class Exforsys()
{
private:
int a;
public:
Exforsys()
{ }
Exforsys(int w)
{
a=w;
}
Exforsys(Exforsys& e)
{
a=e.a;
cout<<‖ Example of Copy Constructor‖;
}
void result()
{
cout<< a;
}
};
void main()
{
Exforsys e1(50);
Exforsys e3(e1);
cout<< ―ne3=‖;e3.result();
}
In the above the copy constructor takes one argument an object of type Exforsys which is
passed by reference. The output of the above program is
Example of Copy Constructor
e3=50

difference between copy constructor and constructor
Constructor is called when an object is created.Copy constructor is called when the
copy of an object is made. For e.g. passing parameter to function by value function
returning by value. Copy constructor takes the parameter as const reference to the
object.
A copy constructor is called whenever an object is passed by value, returned by value or
explicitly copied.
Destructors
The destructor of an automatic object is called when the object goes out of scope. The
destructor itself does not actually destroy the object, but it does perform termination
housekeeping before the system reclaims the object‘s.
What is the use of Destructors
Destructors are also special member functions used in C++ programming language.
Destructors have the opposite function of a constructor. The main use of destructors is to
release dynamic allocated memory. Destructors are used to free memory, release resources
and to perform other clean up. Destructors are automatically named when an object is
destroyed. Like constructors, destructors also take the same name as that of the class name.
General Syntax of Destructors
~ classname();
The above is the general syntax of a destructor. In the above, the symbol tilda ~ represents a
destructor which precedes the name of the class.
Some important points about destructors:
Destructors take the same name as the class name.
Like the constructor, the destructor must also be defined in the public. The destructor
must be a public member.
The Destructor does not take any argument which means that destructors cannot be
overloaded.
No return type is specified for destructors.
For example:

class Exforsys
{
private:
……………
public:
Exforsys()
{ }
~ Exforsys()
{ }
}
What is defference between constructor and destructor
Like constructor the destructor is a member function whose name is the same as the
class name but is preceded by a tilde. For example the destructor of a class integer can
be define as :-
~integer(){}
A destructor never takes any argument nor does it return any value. It will invoked implicitly
by the compiler upon exit from the program to clean up storage that is no longer accessible.
Re: What is role of constructor and destructor in C++?
The constructor's job is to set up the object so that it can be used.Destructors are less
complicated than constructors. You don't call them explicitly (they are called automatically
for you), and there's only one destructor for each object. The name of the destructor is the
name of the class, preceeded by a tilde.
Operator Overloading
Operator Overloading in two Parts, In Part I of Operator Overloading you will learn
about Unary Operators, Binary Operators and Operator Overloading – Unary operators.
Operator overloading is a very important feature of Object Oriented Programming. Curious to
know why!!? It is because by using this facility programmer would be able to create new
definitions to existing operators. In fact in other words a single operator can take up several
functions as desired by programmers depending on the argument taken by the operator by
using the operator overloading facility.
After knowing about the feature of operator overloading now let us see how to define and use
this concept of operator overloading in C++ programming language.
We have seen in previous sections the different types of operators. Broadly classifying
operators are of two types namely:
Unary Operators
Binary Operators

Unary Operators:
As the name implies takes operate on only one operand. Some unary operators are namely ++
called as Increment operator, -- called as Decrement Operator, ! , ~, unary minus.
Binary Operators:
The arithmetic operators, comparison operators, and arithmetic assignment operators all this
which we have seen in previous section of operators come under this category.
Both the above classification of operators can be overloaded. So let us see in detail each of
this.
Operator Overloading – Unary operators
As said before operator overloading helps the programmer to define a new functionality for
the existing operator. This is done by using the keyword operator.
The general syntax for defining an operator overloading is as follows:
return_type classname :: operator operator symbol(argument)
{
…………..
statements;
}
Thus the above clearly specifies that operator overloading is defined as a member function by
making use of the keyword operator.
In the above:
return_type – is the data type returned by the function
class name - is the name of the class
operator – is the keyword
operator symbol – is the symbol of the operator which is being overloaded or
defined for new functionality
:: - is the scope resolution operator which is used to use the function definition outside
the class. The usage of this is clearly defined in our earlier section of How to define class
members.
For example
Suppose we have a class say Exforsys and if the programmer wants to define a operator
overloading for unary operator say ++, the function is defined as

Inside the class Exforsys the data type that is returned by the overloaded operator is defined
as
Class Exforsys
{
Private :
… … … .
Public :
void operator++();
… … … .
};
So the important steps involved in defining an operator overloading in case of unary
operators are namely:
Inside the class the operator overloaded member function is defined with the return data type
as member function or a friend function. The concept of friend function we will define in
later sections. If in this case of unary operator overloading if the function is a member
function then the number of arguments taken by the operator member function is none as
seen in the below example. In case if the function defined for the operator overloading is a
friend function which we will discuss in later section then it takes one argument.
The operator overloading is defined as member function outside the class using the scope
resolution operator with the keyword operator as explained above
Now let us see how to use this overloaded operator member function in the program
#include<iostream.h>
classExforsys
{
private:
int x;
public:
Exforsys( )
{x=0;
} //Constructor
void display();

void Exforsys++();
};
Void Exforsys::display()
{
cout<<‖nValue of x is:―<<x;
}
void Exforsys::operator ++( )//Operator Overloading for operator ++
defined
{
++x;
}
Void main()
{
Exforsys e1,e2; //Object e1 and e2 created
cout<<‖Before Increment‖
cout<<‖nObjecte1:‖<<e1.display();
cout<<‖nObject e2:‖<<e2.display();
++e1;//Operator overloading applied
++e2;
cout<<‖n After Increment‖
cout<<‖nObject e1:‖<<e1.display();
cout <<‖nObject e2: ‖<<e2.display();
}
The output of the above program is:
Before Increment
Object e1:
Value of x is:0
Object e1:
Value of x is:0
Before Increment
Object e1:
Value of x is:1
Object e1:
Value of x is: 1
In the above example we have created 2 objects e1 and e2 f class Exforsys. The operator ++
is overloaded and the function is defined outside the class Exforsys.
When the program starts the constructor Exforsys of the class Exforsys initialize the values as
zero and so when the values are displayed for the objects e1 and e2 it is displayed as zero.
When the object ++e1 and ++e2 is called the operator overloading function gets applied and
thus value of x gets incremented for each object separately. So now when the values are
displayed for objects e1 and e2 it is incremented once each and gets printed as one for each
object e1 and e2.
This is how unary operators get overloaded. We will see in detail how to overload binary
operators in next section.

Overloading through Friend Functions
Need for Friend Function:
when a data is declared as private inside a class, then it is not accessible from outside the
class. A function that is not a member or an external class will not be able to access the
private data. A programmer may have a situation where he or she would need to access
private data from non-member functions and external classes. For handling such cases, the
concept of Friend functions is a useful tool.
What is a Friend Function?
A friend function is used for accessing the non-public members of a class. A class can allow
non-member functions and other classes to access its own private data, by making them
friends. Thus, a friend function is an ordinary function or a member of another class.
How to define and use Friend Function in C++:
The friend function is written as any other normal function, except the function declaration of
these functions is preceded with the keyword friend. The friend function must have the class
to which it is declared as friend passed to it in argument.
Some important points to note while using friend functions in C++:
The keyword friend is placed only in the function declaration of the friend function and not in
the function definition.
It is possible to declare a function as friend in any number of classes.
When a class is declared as a friend, the friend class has access to the private data of the class
that made this a friend.
A friend function, even though it is not a member function, would have the rights to access
the private members of the class.
It is possible to declare the friend function as either private or public.
The function can be invoked without the use of an object. The friend function has its
argument as objects, seen in example below.
Example to understand the friend function:
#include
class exforsys
{
private:
int a,b;
public:
void test()
{
a=100;
b=200;
}
friend int compute(exforsys e1)
//Friend Function Declaration with keyword friend and with the object of class
exforsys to which it is friend passed to it
};
int compute(exforsys e1)

{
//Friend Function Definition which has access to private data
return int(e1.a+e2.b)-5;
}
main()
{
exforsys e;
e.test();
cout<<"The result is:"<<COMPUTE(E);
//Calling of Friend Function with object as argument.
}
The output of the above program is
The result is:295
The function compute() is a non-member function of the class exforsys. In order to make this
function have access to the private data a and b of class exforsys , it is created as a friend
function for the class exforsys. As a first step, the function compute() is declared as friend in
the class exforsys as:
friend int compute (exforsys e1)
The keyword friend is placed before the function. The function definition is written as a
normal function and thus, the function has access to the private data a and b of the class
exforsys. It is declared as friend inside the class, the private data values a and b are added, 5
is subtracted from the result, giving 295 as the result. This is returned by the function and
thus the output is displayed as shown above.
Friend Function Overload
The concept operator overloading and friend function are supported by Java by
defaault only + operator is overloaded over string .
For example ---
String abc ;
String s1 Hello ;
String s2 Geek Interview ;
abc s1+s2;
Sop(abc);
would print Hello Geek Interview

Overloading the Assignment Operator
The operators available in C++ programming language are:
Assignment Operator denoted by =
Arithmetic operators denoted by +, -, *, /, %
Compound assignment Operators denoted by +=, -=, *=, /=, %=, >>=, <<=, &=, ^=,
|=
Increment and Decrement operator denoted by ++, --
Relational and equality operators denoted by ==, !=, >, <, >=, <=
Logical operators denoted by !, &&, ||
Conditional operator denoted by ?
Comma operator denoted by ,
Bitwise Operators denoted by &, |, ^, ~, <<, >>
Explicit type casting operator
sizeof()
Assignment Operator
This is denoted by symbol =. This operator is used for assigning a value to a variable. The left
of the assignation operator is known as the lvalue (left value), which must be a variable. The
right of the assignation operator is known as the rvalue (right value). The rvalue can be a
constant, a variable, the result of an operation or any combination of these.
For example:
x = 5;
By following the right to left rule the value 5 is assigned to the variable x in the above
assignment statement.
Arithmetic operators
The operators used for arithmetic operation sin C++ are:
+ For addition
- For subtraction
* For multiplication
/ For division
% For modulo
Compound assignment Operators
This operator is used when a programmer wants to update a current value by performing
operation on the current value of the variable.
For example:
Old += new is equal to
Old = old + new
Compound assignment operators function in a similar way the other operators +=, -=, *=, /=,
%=, >>=, <<=, &=, ^=, |= function.
Increment and Decrement Operator
The increment operator is denoted by ++ and the decrement operator by --. The function of
the increment operator is to increase the value and the decrement operator is to decrease the
value. These operators may be used as either prefix or postfix. A Prefix operator is written
before the variable as ++a or –a. A Postfix operator is written after the variable as a++ or a--.
The Functionality of Prefix and Postfix Operators
In the case that the increment or decrement operator is used as a prefix ( ++a or –a), then the
value is respectively increased or decreased before the result of the expression is evaluated.
Therefore, the increased or decreased value, respectively, is considered in the outer
expression. In the case that the increment or decrement operator is used as a postfix (a++ or
a--), then the value stored in a is respectively increased or decreased after being evaluated.

Therefore, the value stored before the increase or decrease operation is evaluated in the outer
expression.
For Example:
y=3;
x=++y; //Prefix : Here Value of x becomes 4
But for the postfix operator namely as below:
y=3 //Postfix : Here Value of x is 3 and Value of y is 4
x=y++;
Relational and Equality Operators
These operators are used for evaluating a comparison between two expressions. The value
returned by the relational operation is a Boolean value (true or false value).
The operators used for this purpose in C++ are:
== Equal to
!= Not equal to
> Greater than
< Less than
>= Greater than or equal to
<= Less than or equal to
we can overload assignment operator as a normal...
If the operation modifies the state of the class object it operates on it must be a
member function not a friend function Thus all operator such as * + etc are naturally
defined as member functions not friend functions Conversely if the operator does not
modify any of its operands but needs only a representation of the object it does not
have to be a member function and often less confusing. This is the reason why binary
operators are often implemented as friend functions such as + * - etc..
Why friend function cannot be used to overload the assignment operator?
A friend function is a non-member function of the class to which it has been
defined as friend.Therefore it just uses the functionality( or the functions and data ) of
the class so. it wont consists the inplementation for that class.(any)

we can overload assignment operator as a normal function.But we can not overload
assignment operator as friend function why?
Because assignment operator is one of the default method provided by the class.
Type Conversion
What is Type Conversion
It is the process of converting one type into another. In other words converting an expression
of a given type into another is called type casting.
How to achieve this
There are two ways of achieving the type conversion namely:
Automatic Conversion otherwise called as Implicit Conversion
Type casting otherwise called as Explicit Conversion
Automatic Conversion otherwise called as Implicit Conversion
This is not done by any conversions or operators. In other words value gets automatically
converted to the specific type in which it is assigned.
Let us see this with an example:
void main()
{
Short x=6000;
int y;
y=x;
}
In the above example the data type short namely variable x is converted to int and is assigned
to the integer variable y.
So as above it is possible to convert short to int, int to float and so on.
Type casting otherwise called as Explicit Conversion
Explicit conversion can be done using type cast operator and the general syntax for doing this
is
datatype (expression);
Here in the above datatype is the type which the programmer wants the expression to gets
changed as
In C++ the type casting can be done in either of the two ways mentioned below namely:
C-stylecasting
C++-style casting
The C-style casting takes the synatx as
(type) expression
This can also be used in C++.
Apart from the above the other form of type casting that can be used specifically in C++
programming language namely C++-style casting is as below namely:
type (expression)

This approach was adopted since it provided more clarity to the C++ programmers rather
than the C-stylecasting.
Say for instance the as per C-style casting
(type) firstVariable * secondVariable
is not clear but when a programmer uses the C++ style casting it is much more clearer as
below
type (firstVariable) * secondVariable
Let us see the concept of type casting in C++ with a small example:
void main()
{
int a;
float b,c;
cout<< ―Enter the value of a:‖;
cin>>a;
cout<< ―n Enter the value of b:‖;
cin>>b;
c=float(a)+b;
cout<<‖n The value of c is:‖<<c;
}
The output of the above program is
Enter the value of a: 10
Enter the value of b: 12.5
The value of c is: 22.5
In the above program a is declared as integer and b and c are declared as float. In the type
conversion statement namely
c = float(a)+b;
The variable a of type integer is converted into float type and so the value 10 is converted as
10.0 and then is added with the float variable b with value 12.5 giving a resultant float
variable c with value as 22.5
Explicit Constructor
Explicit Constructor
Explicit constructor is actually a parameterized constructor which takes some
parameters in order to create instance of a class.
E.g. Class Sample
Sample [a b]
The explicit keyword in C++ is used to declare explicit constructors. Explicit constructors are
simply constructors that cannot take part in an implicit conversion. Consider the following
example:

class Array
{
public:
Array(size_t count);
// etc.
};
explicit B (const A& aObj)
But explicit on a constructor with multiple arguments has no effect, since such constructors
cannot take part in implicit conversions. However, explicit will have an effect if a constructor
has multiple arguments and all but one of the arguments has a default value.
For Example:
The code
Code: Cpp
#include<iostream.h>
class A
{
int data1;
int data2;
char* name;
public:
A(int a, int b=10, char* c = "mridula"):data1(a), data2(b), name(c)
{
cout<<"A::Construcor...n";
};
friend void display(A obj);
};
void display(A obj)
{
cout<<"Valud of data1 in obj := "<< obj.data1<<endl;
cout<<"Valud of data2 in obj := "<< obj.data2<<endl;
cout<<"Valud of name in obj := "<< obj.name<<endl;
}
int main()
{
//Call display with A object i.e. a1
display(100);
return (0);
}
Output:

----------
./a.out
A::Construcor...
Valud of data1 in obj := 100
Valud of data2 in obj := 10
Valud of name in obj := mridula
In this example, though we have multiple argument constructor
A(int a, int b=10, char* c = "mridula") (all defaulted argument but one), but still there
seems to be an implicit conversion happening from type int to A's object.
As said above, it is better to use explicit for such constructor declaration too to avoid any
such implicit conversions.
Declare the multiple argumented constructor in the above example as below to avoid implicit
conversion:
explicit A(int a, int b=10, char* c = "mridula");
Part-A (2 - Marks)
1. What is a Constructor?
2. Define Copy constructor.
3. Define Destructor.
4. What is Operator Overloading?
5. Define default constructor.
6. What is the difference between Explicit and Implicit casting?
7. What is use of Assignment Operator?
8. What is the use of Constructor with Dynamic allocation?
9. Define Explicit constructor.
10. What is meant by Typecasting?
11. What is meant by virtual destructors?
12. Difference between overloading and overriding?
13. What is function overloading?
14. List out the limitations of function overloading.
15. What is overloaded constructor?
Part-B
1. a. Write a program to overload assignment operator. (8)
b. Write a program to convert int to double using typecasting operator. (8)
2. Write a program to overload arithmetic operators through friend function. (16)
3. Write a program to implement Constructor, Copy constructor and Destructor.
(16)
4. a. Write a program to demonstrate the use of Explicit Constructor. (8)
b. Write a program for function overloading. (8)
5. Write a program for overloading new and delete operators. (16)

UNIT III
POLYMORPHISM
ADT conversions – Overloading – Overloading operators – Unary operator overloading –
Binary operator overloading – Function selection – Pointer operators.
INHERITANCE:
Let us start by defining inheritnace. A very good website for finding computer science
definitions is http://www.whatis.com. The definitions in this article are stolen from that
website.
Definition: Inheritance
Inheritance is the concept that when a class of object is defined, any subclass that is
defined can inherit the definitions of one or more general classes. This means for the
programmer that an object in a subclass need not carry its own definition of data and
methods that are generic to the class (or classes) of which it is a part. This not only
speeds up program development; it also ensures an inherent validity to the defined
subclass object (what works and is consistent about the class will also work for the
subclass).
The simple example in C++ is having a class that inherits a data member from its parent
class.
class A
{
public:
integer d;
};
class B : public A
{
public:
};
The class B in the example does not have any direct data member does it? Yes, it
does. It
inherits the data member d from class A. When one class inherits from another, it
acquires all of its methods and data. We can then instantiate an object of class B and
call
into that data member.
void func()
{
B b;
b.d = 10;
};
TYPES OF INHERITANCE:
1. Single Inheritance
2. Multiple Inheritance
3. Multilevel Inheritance
4. Hierarchial Inheritance
1. Single Inheritance - One base class and one derived class.

2. Multiple Inheritance - A class is derived from more than one base classes
3. Multilevel Inheritance - A sub class inherits from a class which inherits from another class.
4. Hierarchical Inheritance - More than one subclass inherited from a single base class.
Multiple inheritance (C++ only)
You can derive a class from any number of base classes. Deriving a class from more
than one direct base class is called multiple inheritance.
In the following example, classes A, B, and C are direct base classes for the derived
class X:
class A { /* ... */ };
class B { /* ... */ };
class C { /* ... */ };
class X : public A, private B, public C { /* ... */ };
The following inheritance graph describes the inheritance relationships of the above
example. An arrow points to the direct base class of the class at the tail of the arrow:
The order of derivation is relevant only to determine the order of default initialization
by constructors and cleanup by destructors.
A direct base class cannot appear in the base list of a derived class more than once:
class B1 { /* ... */ }; // direct base class
class D : public B1, private B1 { /* ... */ }; // error
However, a derived class can inherit an indirect base class more than once, as shown
in the following example:
class L { /* ... */ }; // indirect base class
class B2 : public L { /* ... */ };
class B3 : public L { /* ... */ };
class D : public B2, public B3 { /* ... */ }; // valid
In the above example, class D inherits the indirect base class L once through class B2
and once through class B3. However, this may lead to ambiguities because two subobjects of
class L exist, and both are accessible through class D. You can avoid this ambiguity by
referring to class L using a qualified class name. For example:
B2::L
or
B3::L.
You can also avoid this ambiguity by using the base specifier virtual to declare a base
class, as described in Derivation (C++ only).

VIRTUAL BASE CLASSES (C++ ONLY)
Suppose you have two derived classes B and C that have a common base class A, and
you also have another class D that inherits from B and C. You can declare the base class A as
virtual to ensure that B and C share the same subobject of A.
In the following example, an object of class D has two distinct subobjects of class L,
one through class B1 and another through class B2. You can use the keyword virtual in front
of the base class specifiers in the base lists of classes B1 and B2 to indicate that only one
subobject of type L, shared by class B1 and class B2, exists.
For example:
class L { /* ... */ }; // indirect base class
class B1 : virtual public L { /* ... */ };
class B2 : virtual public L { /* ... */ };
class D : public B1, public B2 { /* ... */ }; // valid
Using the keyword virtual in this example ensures that an object of class D inherits only one
subobject of class L.
A derived class can have both virtual and nonvirtual base classes. For example:
class V { /* ... */ };
class B1 : virtual public V { /* ... */ };
class B2 : virtual public V { /* ... */ };
class B3 : public V { /* ... */ };
class X : public B1, public B2, public B3 { /* ... */
};
In the above example, class X has two subobjects of class V, one that is shared by classes B1
and B2 and one through class B3.
VIRTUAL FUNCTIONS:
C++ matches a function call with the correct function definition at compile time
known as static binding

the compiler can match a function call with the correct function definition at run time
known as dynamic binding.
declare a function with the keyword virtual if you want the compiler to use dynamic
binding for that specific function.
Example:
class A {
public:
virtual void f() { cout << "Class A" << endl; }
};
class B: public A {
public:
void f(int) { cout << "Class B" << endl; }
};
class C: public B {
public:
void f() { cout << "Class C" << endl; }
};
―Pure‖ly Virtual: A virtual function declared with no definition
base class contains no implementation at all
class containing a pure virtual function is an abstract class
similar to Java interfaces
cannot instantiate from abstract classes
enforces a design through inheritance hierarchy
inherited classes must define implementation
Example:
class A {
public:
virtual void f() = 0; // pure virtual
};
class B: public A {
public:
void f() { cout << "Class B" << endl; }
};
class C: public B {
public:
void f() { cout << "Class C" << endl; }
};
Run Time Type Information (RTTI)
Always exists in OOP: a prerequisite for dynamic binding
Accessible to programmer?
Not necessarily in statically typed languages
Many things can be done without it!
Almost always in dynamically typed languages
Without it, it is impossible to be sure that an object will recognize a message!
In LST, RTTI is the information accessible from the instance_of pointer
Dynamic binding and casting:
Dynamic Typing: no constraints on the values

stored in a variable.
– Usually implies reference semantics
• • Run‐time type information: dynamic type is
• associated with the value.
– –
};
Dynamic casting:
• Casting operator is for polymorphic object casting ,so that it can cast from one object
to another object.
• Dynamic cast is also called as safe cast.it succeeds only when the pointer or reference
being cast is an object of the target type or derived type from it.
• The syntax is written as dynamic cast<ToobjectptrOr ref>(FromobjectPtrOrRef)
• If we have a base class and a derived class,casting from derived pointer to base
pointer always succeeds.The casting from base pointer to derived can be succeed only if base
is actually pointing to an object of derived one.
Rtti and templates:
• If we want to test the type of the actual variable and try to provide validations
according to the type we can use RTTI for that.
Cross casting:
• It refers to casting from derived to proper base class when there are multiple base
classes in case of multiple inheritance.
• The
• dynamic_cast
• feature of C++ affords another kind of solution -- cross casting.
• Consider the following code.
• class A {public: virtual ~A();};
• class B {public: virtual ~B();};
• class C : public A, public B {};
• A* ap = new C;
• B* bp = dynamic_cast<B*>(ap);
• Notice that classes
• A
• and
• B
• are completely unrelated. Now when we create an
• instance of
• C
• we can safely upcast it to an
• A*
• . However, we can now take that pointer to
• A
• and
• cross cast
• it to a pointer to a B. This works because the
• A
• pointer ‗
• ap
• ‘ really points at
• a

• C
• object; and
• C
• derives from
• B
• .
• Thus, we have cast
• accross
• the inheritance hierarchy between completely unrelated
• classes. It should be noted that this will
• not
• work with regular casts since they will not be
• able to do the address arithmetic to get the pointer to
• B
• correct. For example:
• B* bp = (B*)ap;
• While this will compile without errors
• 2
• , it will not generate working code. The value
• of ‗
• bp
• ‘ will not actually point to the B part of C. Rather it will still point at the A part of C.
• This will lead to undefined behavior
Down casting:
rectangle::rectangle(float h, float w, int c, int l):pr(c, l)
{
height = h;
width = w;
xpos = 0;
ypos = 0;
};
void main()
{
rectangle rc(3.0, 2.0, 1, 3);
C++ statements;
}
Part-A (2-Marks)
1. State Inheritance.
2. Write the advantages of multiple Inheritance?
3. Define Polymorphism and also list the types of polymorphism.
4. What are Virtual Functions?
5. What are Virtual members?
6. What is meant by pure virtual function?
7. Give the syntax for pure virtual function?
8. What is meant by RTTI?
9. What is upcasting?
10. What is downcasting?
11. What is cross casting?
12. Give the use of typeid operator?
13. Give the use of dynamic_cast operator?

14. Mention the limitations of RTTI.
Part-B
1. Explain a multilevel, Multiple and Multipath inheritance. (16)
2. Describe about RTTI in detail. (16)
3.Explain
a.Single Inheritance (8)
b.Run time polymorphism (8)
4.Define
Object Oriented Programming 4
Kings College Of Engineering, Punalkulam.
(i)Down casting (8)
(ii)Cross casting (8)
5. a. Write a program for pure virtual function. (8)
b. Write a program to implement dynamic casting. (8)

UNIT IV
INHERITANCE
Derived class – Typing conversions and visibility – Code reuse – Virtual functions – Run-
time type identifications – Exception – Handlers – Standard exceptions.
IOSTREAM LIBRARY
- In Module 5 you have learned the formatted I/O in C by calling various
standard functions. In this Module we will discuss how this formatted I/O implemented in
C++ by using member functions and stream manipulators.
- The header files used for formatted I/O in C++ are:
Header file
iostream.h
• Provide basic information required for all stream I/O operation such as cin, cout, cerr
and clog correspond to standard input stream, standard output stream, and standard
unbuffered and buffered error streams respectively.
iomanip.h
• Contains information useful for performing formatted I/O with parameterized stream
manipulation.
fstream.h
• Contains information for user controlled file processing operations.
strstream.h
• Contains information for performing in-memory formatting or in-core formatting.
This resembles file processing, but the I/O operation is performed to and from character
arrays rather than files.
stdiostrem.h
• Contains information for program that mixes the C and C++ styles of I/O.
iostream library
- The compilers that fully comply with the C++ standard that use the template
based header files won‘t need the .h extension. Please refer to Module 23 for more
information.
- The iostream class hierarchy is shown below. From the base class ios, we have
a derived class:
Class
istream
• Class for stream input operation.
ostream
• Class for stream output operation.
ios derived classes
- So, iostream support both stream input and output. The class hierarchy is
shown below.
Left and Right Shift Operators
- We have used these operators in most of the Modules in this Tutorial for C++ codes.

- The left shift operator (<<) is overloaded to designate stream output and is called stream
insertion operator.
- The right shift operator (>>) is overloaded to designate stream input and is called stream
extraction operator.
- These operators used with the standard stream object (and with other user
defined stream objects) is listed below:
Operators
cin
• Object of istream class, connected to the standard input device, normally the
keyboard.
cout
• Object of ostream class, connected to standard output device, normally the display
screen.
- For file processing C++ uses (will be discussed in another Module) the following classes:
Class
• ifstream
To perform file input operations.
• ofstream
For file output operation.
• fstream
For file input/output operations.
Stream output program example:
//string output using <<
#include <stdlib.h>
void main(void)
{
cout<<"Welcome to C++ I/O module!!!"<<endl;
cout<<"Welcome to ";
cout<<"C++ module 18"<<endl;
//endl is end line stream manipulator
//issue a new line character and flushes the output buffer
//output buffer may be flushed by cout<<flush; command
system("pause");
}
get() and getline() Member Functions of Stream Input
- For the get() function, we have three versions.
1. get() without any arguments, input one character from the designated streams
including whitespace and returns this character as the value of the function call. It will return
EOF when end of file on the stream is encountered. For example:
2. cin.get();
3. get() with a character argument, inputs the next character from the input stream
including whitespace. It return false when end of file is encountered while returns a reference
to the istream object for which the get member function is being invoked. For example:
4. char ch;
5. ...
6. cin.get(ch);
7. get() with three arguments, a character array, a size limit and a delimiter (default
value ‗n‘). It reads characters from the input stream, up to one less than the specified

maximum number of characters and terminates or terminates as soon as the delimiter is read.
For example:
char namevar[30];
...
cin.get(namevar, 30);
//get up to 29 characters and inserts null
//at the end of the string stored in variable
//namevar. If a delimiter is found,
//the read terminates. The delimiter
//is left in the stream, not stored
//in the array.
4. getline() operates like the third get() and insert a null character after the line in the
character array. It removes the delimiter from the stream, but does not store it in the character
array.
Program examples:
//End of file controls depend on system
//Ctrl-z followed by return key - IBM PC
//Ctrl-d - UNIX and MAC
#include <stdlib.h>
void main(void)
{
char p;
cout <<"Using member functions get(), eof() and put()n"
<<"---------------------------------------------"<<endl;
cout<<"Before any input, cin.eof() is "<<cin.eof()<<endl;
cout<<"Enter a line of texts followed by end of file control: "<<endl;
while((p = cin.get()) !=EOF)
cout.put(p);
cout<<"nAfter some text input, cin.eof() is "<<cin.eof()<<endl;
system("pause");
}
Program example:
//Using read(), write() and gcount() member functions
#include <stdlib.h>
const int SIZE = 100;
void main(void)
{
char buffer[SIZE];
cout<<"Enter a line of text:"<<endl;
cin.read(buffer,45);
cout<<"The line of text entered was: "<<endl;
cout.write(buffer, cin.gcount());
//The gcount() member function returns www.tenouk.com
//the number of unformatted characters last extracted
cout<<endl;
system("pause");
}

Stream Manipulators
- Used to perform formatting, such as:
▪ Setting field width.
▪ Precision.
▪ Unsetting format flags.
▪ Flushing stream.
▪ Inserting newline in the output stream and flushing the stream.
▪ Inserting the null character in the output stream.
▪ Skipping whitespace.
▪ Setting the fill character in field.
Stream Base
- For stream base we have:
Operator/function
• hex
To set the base to hexadecimal, base 16.
• oct
To set the base to octal, base 8.
• dec
To reset the stream to decimal.
• setbase()
Changing the base of the stream, taking one integer argument of 10, 8 or 16 for decimal, base
8 or base 16 respectively. setbase() is parameterized stream manipulator by taking argument,
we have to include iomanip.h header file.
Table 18.5: Stream base operator and function.
Program example:
//using hex, oct, dec and setbase stream manipulator
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iomanip.h>
void main(void)
{
int p;
cout<<"Enter a decimal number:"<<endl;
cin>>p;
cout<<p<< " in hexadecimal is: "
<<hex<<p<<'n'
<<dec<<p<<" in octal is: "
<<oct<<p<<'n'
<<setbase(10) <<p<<" in decimal is: "
<<p<<endl;
cout<<endl;
system("pause"); www.tenouk.com
}
Floating-point Precision
- Used to control the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.
- Use setprecision() or precision().
- precision 0 restores to the default precision of 6 decimal points.
//using precision and setprecision
#include <stdlib.h>

#include <math.h>
void main(void)
{
double theroot = sqrt(11.55);
cout<<"Square root of 11.55 with various"<<endl;
cout<<" precisions"<<endl;
cout<<"---------------------------------"<<endl;
cout<<"Using 'precision':"<<endl;
for(int poinplace=0; poinplace<=8; poinplace++)
{
cout.precision(poinplace);
cout<<theroot<<endl;
}
cout<<"nUsing 'setprecision':"<<endl;
for(int poinplace=0; poinplace<=8; poinplace++)
cout<<setprecision(poinplace)<<theroot<<endl;
system("pause");
}
Field Width
- Sets the field width and returns the previous width. If values processed are smaller than the
field width, fill characters are inserted as padding. Wider values will not be truncated.
- Use width() or setw(). For example:
cout.width(6); //field is 6 position wide
Program example:
//using width member function
#include <stdlib.h>
void main(void)
{
int p = 6;
char string[20];
cout<<"Using field width with setw() or width()"<<endl;
cout<<"----------------------------------------"<<endl;
cout<<"Enter a line of text:"<<endl;
cin.width(7);
while (cin>>string)
{
cout.width(p++);
cout<<string<<endl;
cin.width(7);
//use ctrl-z followed by return key or ctrl-d to exit
}
system("pause");
}
Stream Format States
- Format state flag specify the kinds of formatting needed during the stream operations.
- Available member functions used to control the flag setting are: setf(), unsetf() and flags().
- flags() function must specify a value representing the settings of all the flags.

- The one argument, setf() function specifies one or more ORed flags and ORs them with the
existing flag setting to form a new format state.
- The setiosflags() parameterized stream manipulator performs the same functions as the setf.
- The resetiosflags() stream manipulator performs the same functions as the unsetf() member
function. For parameterized stream manipulators you need iomanip.h header file.
- Format state flags are defined as an enumeration in class ios.
Format state flags
ios::skipws
Use to skip whitespace on input.
ios::adjustfield
Controlling the padding, left, right or internal.
ios::left
Use left justification.
ios::right
Use right justification.
ios::internal
Left justify the sign, right justify the magnitude.
ios::basefield
Setting the base of the numbers.
ios::dec
Use base 10, decimal.
ios::oct
Use base 8, octal.
ios::hex
Use base 16, hexadecimal.
ios::showbase
Show base indicator on output.
ios::showpoint
Shows trailing decimal point and zeroes.
ios::uppercase
Use uppercase for hexadecimal and scientific notation values.
ios::showpos
Shows the + sign before positive numbers.
ios::floatfield
To set the floating point to scientific notation or fixed format.
ios::scientific
Use scientific notation.
ios::fixed
Use fixed decimal point for floating-point numbers.
ios::unitbuf
Flush all streams after insertion.
ios::stdio
Flush stdout, stderr after insertion.
- skipws flags indicates that >> should skip whitespace on an input stream. The default
behavior of >> is to skip whitespace. To change this, use the unsetf(ios::skipws). ws stream
manipulator also can be used for this purpose.
Trailing Zeroes and Decimal Points

- ios::showpoint – this flag is set to force a floating point number to be output with its
decimal point and trailing zeroes. For example, floating point 88.0 will print 88 without
showpoint set and 88.000000 (or many more 0s specified by current precision) with
showpoint set.
///Using showpoint
//controlling the trailing zeroes and floating points
#include <stdlib.h>
void main(void)
{
cout<<"Before using the ios::showpoint flagn"
<<"------------------------------------"<<endl;
cout<<"cout prints 88.88000 as: "<<88.88000
<<"ncout prints 88.80000 as: "<<88.80000
<<"ncout prints 88.00000 as: "<<88.00000
<<"nnAfter using the ios::showpoint flagn"
<<"-----------------------------------"<<endl;
cout.setf(ios::showpoint);
cout<<"cout prints 88.88000 as: "<<88.88000
<<"ncout prints 88.80000 as: "<<88.80000
<<"ncout prints 88.00000 as: "<<88.00000<<endl;
system("pause");
}
Justification
- Use for left, right or internal justification.
- ios::left – enables fields to be left-justified with padding characters to the right.
- ios::right – enables fields to be right-justified with padding characters to the left.
- The character to be used for padding is specified by the fill or setfill.
- internal – this flag indicates that a number‘s sign (or base if ios::showbase flag is set) should
be left-justified within a field, the number‘s magnitude should be right-justified and the
intervening spaces should be padded with the fill character.
- The left, right and internal flags are contained in static data member ios::adjustfield, so
ios::adjustfield argument must be provided as the second argument to setf when setting the
right, left or internal justification flags because left, right and internal are mutually exclusive.
//using setw(), setiosflags(), resetiosflags() manipulators
//and setf and unsetf member functions
#include <stdlib.h>
void main(void)
{
long p = 123456789L;
//L - literal data type qualifier for long...
//F - float, UL unsigned integer...
cout<<"The default for 10 fields is right justified:n"

<<setw(10)<<p
<<"nnUsing member functionn"
<<"---------------------n"
<<"nUsing setf() to set ios::left:n"<<setw(10);
cout.setf(ios::left,ios::adjustfield);
cout<<p<<"nUsing unsetf() to restore the default:n";
cout.unsetf(ios::left);
cout<<setw(10)<<p
<<"nnUsing parameterized stream manipulatorsn"
<<"---------------------------------------n"
<<"nUse setiosflags() to set the ios::left:n"
<<setw(10)<<setiosflags(ios::left)<<p
<<"nUsing resetiosflags() to restore the default:n"
<<setw(10)<<resetiosflags(ios::left)
<<p<<endl;
system("pause");
}
Padding
- fill() – this member function specify the fill character to be used with adjusted field. If no
value is specified, spaces are used for padding. This function returns the prior padding
character.
- setfill() – this manipulator also sets the padding character.
//using fill() member function and setfill() manipulator
#include <stdlib.h>
void main(void)
{
long p = 30000;
cout<<p
<<" printed using the default pad charactern"
<<"for right and left justified and as hexn"
<<"with internal justification.n"
<<"--------------------------------------------n";
cout.setf(ios::showbase);
cout<<setw(10)<<p<<endl;
cout<<setw(10)<<p<<endl;
cout.setf(ios::internal,ios::adjustfield);
cout<<setw(10)<<hex<<p<<"nn";
cout<<"Using various padding character"<<endl;
cout<<"-------------------------------"<<endl;
cout.setf(ios::right,ios::adjustfield);
cout.fill('#');
cout<<setw(10)<<dec<<p<<'n';
cout<<setw(10)<<setfill('$')<<p<<'n';

cout.setf(ios::internal,ios::adjustfield);
cout<<setw(10)<<setfill('*')<<hex<<p<<endl;
system("pause");
}
Scientific Notation
- ios::scientific and ios::fixed flags are contained in the static member ios::floatfield (usage
similar to ios::adjustfield and ios::basefield).
- These flags used to control the output format of floating point numbers.
- The scientific flag – is set to force the output of a floating point number to display a specific
number of digits to the right of the decimal point (specified by the precision member
function).
- cout.setf(0, ios::floatfield) restores the system default format for the floating number output.
Program example:
//Displaying floating number in system
//default, scientific and fixed format
#include <stdlib.h>
void main(void)
{
double p = 0.000654321, q = 9.8765e3;
cout<<"Declared variablesn"
<<"------------------n"
<<"0.000654321"<<'n'<<"9.8765e3"<<"nn";
cout<<"Default format:n"
<<"---------------n"
<<p<<'t'<<q<<'n'<<endl;
cout.setf(ios::scientific,ios::floatfield);
cout<<"Scientific format:n"
<<"------------------n"
<<p<<'t'<<q<<'n';
cout.unsetf(ios::scientific);
cout<<"nDefault format after unsetf:n"
<<"----------------------------n"
<<p<<'t'<<q<<endl;
cout.setf(ios::fixed,ios::floatfield);
cout<<"nIn fixed format:n"
<<"----------------n"
<<p<<'t'<<q<<endl;
system("pause");
}
File Handling
Opening a File: fopen
• We're able to create, modify, and access files easily from PHP.
Files are used to store customer data, store page hit counts, remember end-user preferences,
and a plethora of other things in web applications.

• The fopen function opens a file for reading or writing.
fopen (string filename, string mode,
[, int use_include_path
[, resource zcontext ]])
filename - name of the file including path
mode - how the file will be used read, write, etc
use_include_path - optional parameter that
can be set to 1 to specify
that you want to search for
the file in the PHP include
path
zcontext - not covered in these notes
File Modes
•'r' - open for reading only
•'r+' - open for reading & writing
•'w' - open for writing only, create file if
necessary
•'w+' - open for reading and writing, create file
if necessary
•'a' - open for appending, (start writing at
end of file)
•'a+' - open for reading and writing
•'x' - create and open for writing only, if file
already exists fopen will fail
•'x+' - create and open for reading and
writing
•Note -------
different operating systems have different
line-ending conventions. When inserting a line-break into a text file you need to use the
correct line-ending character(s). Windows systems use rn, unix based systems use n.
PHP has a constant PHP_EOL which holds the correct one for the system you are using.
File Open Examples
•In Windows, you can use a text-mode translation flag ('t'), which will translate n to rn
when working with the file. To use this flag specify 't' as the last character of the mode
parameter, i.e.; 'wt'.
•Examples
-- open the file /home/file.txt for reading
$handle = fopen("/home/file.txt", "r");
# after this you'll refer to the file with the variable $handle
-- open a file for writing

$handle = fopen("/home/wrfile.txt","w");
# the file will be created if it doesn't exist,
if it does exist you will overwrite whatever is currently in the file
File Open Examples
•open a file for binary writing
$handle = fopen("/home/file.txt", "wb");
•In Windows you should be careful to escape any backslashes used in the path to the file
$handle = fopen("c:datafile.txt", "r");
•you can open files on another system
$handle = fopen("http://www.superduper.
com/file.txt", "r");
•can use ftp
$handle = fopen("ftp://user:password@
superduper.com/file.txt",
"r");
Reading Lines of Text: fgets
•The fgets function reads a string of text from a file.
fgets (resource handle [, int length]);
Pass this function the file handle to an open file, and an optional length. Reading ends when
length - 1 bytes have been read, on a newline (which is included in the return value), or on
encountering the end of file, whichever comes first. If no length is specified, the default
length is 1024 bytes. (file.txt below)
Here
is
the
file.
$handle = fopen("file.txt","r");
while (!feof($handle))
{
$text = fgets ($handle);
}
fclose($handle);
Reading Characters: fgetc
•The fgetc function let's you read a single character from an open file.
Here's
the file
contents.
$fhandle = fopen("file.txt", "r");
while ($char = fgetc($fhandle))

{
if ($char == "n")
{
$char = " ";
}
echo "$char";
}
fclose($fhandle);
•Binary Reading: fread
•Files don't have to be read line by line, you can read a specified number of bytes (or until the
end-of-file is reached). The file is treated as a simple binary file of bytes.
fread (resource handle, int length);
Bytes are read up to the length specified or EOF is reached. On Windows systems, you
should open files for binary reading (mode 'rb') to work with fread. Adding 'b' to the mode
does no harm on other systems, it can be included for portability.
$handle = fopen("file.txt","rb");
$text = fread($handle, filesize("file.txt");
// the filesize function returns the no. of bytes
// in the file.
you can convert line endings to 
$br_text = str_replace("n", " ", $text);
•Reading a Whole File: file_get_contents
•The file_get_contents function will read the entire contents of a file into a string. No file
handle is needed for this function.
$text = file_get_contents("file.txt");
$br_text = str_replace("n"," ",$text);
echo $br_text;
Careful with this function, for very large files, it can be a problem since the entire file must
be memory resident at one time.
Parsing a File
To make it easier to extract data from a file, you can format that file (using, for example,
tabs) and use fscanf to read your data from the file.
In general -----
fscanf (resource handle, string format);
•Parsing a file: fscanf (cont.)
•This function takes a file handle, handle, and format, which describes the format of the file
you're working with. You set up the format in the same way as with sprintf, which was
discussed in Chapter 3. For example, say the following data was contained in a file names

tabs.txt, where the first and last names are separated by a tab.
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
$fh = fopen("tabs.txt", "rb");
while ($names = fscanf($fh, "%st%sn"))
{
list($firstname,$lastname) = $names;
echo $firstname, " ", $lastname, " ";
}
fclose ($fh);
Writing to a File: fwrite
•Write to a file with fwrite.
fwrite (resource fh, string str [, int length]);
The fwrite function writes the contents of str to the file stream represented by fh. The writing
will stop after length bytes have been written or the end of the string is reached.
fwrite returns the number of bytes written or FALSE if there was an error. If you're working
on a Windows system the file must be opened with 'b' included in the fopen mode parameter.
$fh = fopen("text.txt","wb");
$text = "Herenisnthenfile.";
if (fwrite($fh, $text) == FALSE)
{
echo "Cannot write to text.txt.";
}
else {
echo "Created the file text.txt.";
}
fclose($fh);
Appending to a File: fwrite
•In this case open the file for appending, using the file mode 'a':
$fh = fopen("text.txt","ab");
Append this to text.txt:
And here is
more text.
$text = "nAnd here isnmore text.";
if (fwrite($fh, $text) == FALSE)
{
}
else {
echo "Appended to the file text.txt.";

}
fclose($fh);
Writing a File at Once: file_put_contents
•This function writes a string to a file, and here's how you use it in general:
file_put_contents (string filename, string data
[, int flags
[,resource context]]);
$text = "Herenisnthentext.";
if (file_put_contents("text.txt",$text) ==
FALSE)
{
}
else {
echo "Wrote to the file text.txt";
}
Random Access
This lesson is about using random access files in C and the following lesson will look at
working with text files. Apart from the simplest of applications, most programs have to read
or write files. Maybe it's just for reading a config file, or a text parser or something more
sophisticated. The basic file operations are
fopen - open a file- specify how its opened (read/write) and type (binary/text)
fclose - close an opened file
fread - read from a file
fwrite - write to a file
fseek/fsetpos - move a file pointer to somewhere in a file.
ftell/fgetpos - tell you where the file pointer is located.
There are two fundamental types of file: text and binary. Of these two, binary are generally
the simpler to deal with. As doing random access on a text file isn't something you need to do
too often, we'll stick with binary files for the rest of this lesson. The first four operations
listed above are for both text and random access files. The last two just for random access.
Random access means we can move to any part of a file and read or write data from it
without having to read through the entire file. Back thirty years ago, much data was stored on
large reels of computer tape. The only way to get to a point on the tape was by reading all the
way through the tape. Then disks came along and now we can read any part of a file directly.
Object Serialization
The C++ language provides a somewhat limited support for file processing. This is probably
based on the time it was conceived and put to use. Many languages that were developed after
C++, such as (Object) Pascal and Java provide a better support, probably because their
libraries were implemented as the demand was made obvious. Based on this, C++ supports
saving only values of primitive types such as short, int, char double. This can be done by
using either the C FILE structure or C++' own fstream class.
Binary Serialization

Object serialization consists of saving the values that are part of an object, mostly the value
gotten from declaring a variable of a class. AT the current standard, C++ doesn't inherently
support object serialization. To perform this type of operation, you can use a technique
known as binary serialization.
When you decide to save a value to a medium, the fstream class provides the option to save
the value in binary format. This consists of saving each byte to the medium by aligning bytes
in a contiguous manner, the same way the variables are stored in binary numbers.
To indicate that you want to save a value as binary, when declaring the ofstream variable,
specify the ios option as binary. Here is an example:
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
class Student
{
public:
char FullName[40];
char CompleteAddress[120];
char Gender;
double Age;
bool LivesInASingleParentHome;
};
int main()
{
Student one;
strcpy(one.FullName, "Ernestine Waller");
strcpy(one.CompleteAddress, "824 Larson Drv, Silver Spring, MD 20910");
one.Gender = 'F';
one.Age = 16.50;
one.LivesInASingleParentHome = true;
ofstream ofs("fifthgrade.ros", ios::binary);
return 0;
}
Writing to the Stream
The ios::binary option lets the compiler know how the value will be stored. This declaration
also initiates the file. To write the values to a stream, you can call the fstream::write()
method.
After calling the write() method, you can write the value of the variable to the medium. Here
is an example:
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
class Student
{
public:
char FullName[40];
char CompleteAddress[120];
char Gender;

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